Earning Farmgirl Sisterhood Merit Badges

Stitching & Crafting

1. Sew Wonderful

Beginner Level

• Put together a beginner’s sewing kit with a homemade pinkeeper. Include:
  • Several different colors of thread
  • Buttons
  • Scissors
  • Needles
  • Straight pins
  • Safety pins
• If you already have a sewing kit, make one for a friend that doesn’t.

Intermediate Level

• Learn how to sew a straight seam both by hand and by machine.
• Learn several different types of seams, including French and flat seams.
• If you already know how to sew these seams, teach someone else how to sew them.

Expert Level

• Sew a BakeOver TakeOver from MaryJane’s Ideabook and gift it to the hostess of the next potluck you attend—with a BakeOver inside for the potluck, of course! (The book required for this badge is available on loan from MaryJanesFarm; contact library@maryjanesfarm.org.)
• Sew your own set of hot pads and embroider them using design ideas from MaryJane’s Ideabook.

January, 2015 Edition